A global equilibrium as the foundation of quantum randomness

Details A global equilibrium as the foundation of quantum randomness A global equilibrium as the foundation of quantum randomness

May 1993

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Foundations of Physics, Volume 23, Issue 5, pp.721-738

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We analyze the origin of quantum randomness within the framework of a completely deterministic theory of particle motion—Bohmian mechanics. We show that a universe governed by this mechanics evolves in such a way as to give rise to the appearance of randomness, with empirical distributions in agreement with the predictions of the quantum formalism. Crucial ingredients in our analysis are the concept of the effective wave function of a subsystem and that of a random system. The latter is a notion of interest in its own right and is relevant to any discussion of the role of probability in a deterministic universe.

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